In the past we've allowed voter restrictions like the poll tax or literacy tests in North Carolina, with the same result: legal voters stripped of their rights as a citizen, and turned away from the polling place.
Now, Republicans in the General Assembly have served up a voter suppression bill for our generation. They say it's aimed at stopping fraud, but we've been here before. And the last time it took nearly a hundred years and the civil rights movement to put things right again.
This Voter ID Bill isn't about fraud -- it's fiction. It’s an expensive, complicated solution to an imaginary problem.
This bill will keep a lot of good people who would never think about cheating their neighbors from voting. Let North Carolina VOTE!